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Katrin Yaghoubi wanted to find a synagogue with gemutlichkeit. That&rsquo;s German for coziness. And it had to have eshtemah. That&rsquo;s Farsi for community.And a rabbi whose services kept her interest. That&rsquo;s English for not boring.
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It took her almost eight years.An Iranian Jew born in Germany, Yaghoubi now lives in Manhattan but her shul is in Great Neck, home to her mother, one of her three siblings and thousands of other Iranian Jews.
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Katrin Yaghoubi wanted to find a synagogue with gemutlichkeit. That&rsquo;s German for coziness. And it had to have eshtemah. That&rsquo;s Farsi for community.
And a rabbi whose services kept her interest. That&rsquo;s English for not boring.
It took her almost eight years.
An Iranian Jew born in Germany, Yaghoubi now lives in Manhattan but her shul is in Great Neck, home to her mother, one of her three siblings and thousands of other Iranian Jews.<p><a href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/under_one_tent" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/under_one_tent#commentsNew York ManhattanReligionSocial IssuesTechnologyHamburgManhattanShemini AtzeretSimchat TorahKatrin YaghoubiLane MinyanShemini AtzeretSimchat TorahMon, 12 Oct 2009 14:10:34 +00002871 at http://www.thejewishweek.com